Sentences with phrase «deputy leader of the government»

[23] If this office is not occupied or the Deputy Prime Minister is not available, the next most senior member of the Cabinet will receive questions (such as the First Secretary of State or the Deputy Leader of the government party).

Washington, DC, Government Investigations & White Collar Defense associate Emily Harlan and Boston partner and deputy leader of the Government Investigations & White Collar Defense practice Danielle Pelot coauthored this article focusing on what companies doing business in foreign countries need to know about the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act's facilitating payments exception.

Not exact matches

Vladislav Reznik, now the deputy head of the finance committee in Russia's lower house of parliament and a member of the Putin - aligned United Russia Party, faces charges accusing him of giving allies of the criminal organization's alleged leader, Gennady Petrov, positions in the Russian government in exchange for a share of the organization's assets.

In a commentary earlier in the week, Liberal deputy leader Ralph Goodale said the Harper government was in «denial» about the jobs picture in Canada all so it «can concoct a surplus on the eve of an election.»

My attention has been drawn to a video which captures the Member of Parliament for Dome / Kwabenya, Deputy Majority Leader and Minister of State at the Presidency in charge of Public Procurement, the Hon. Sarah Adwoa Safo claiming in the said video that the Community Senior High School constructed and commissioned in her constituency during the tenure of President John Dramani Mahama was as a result of her personal intervention with the World Bank, that the Senior High School was not from the then NDC Government and that with the exception of the Dome / Kwabenya Senior High School project, all the other schools constructed during the previous NDC administration were executed in NDC strongholds.

Labour's deputy leader was given a standing ovation as he delivered an impassioned defence of the New Labour government.

(This in fact rises to a difference of 12 years if we include the Wilson and Heath governments, where no official Deputy Prime Ministers were named, leaving it to the deputy leader of the party or leader of the House of Commons to claim the role - perhaps, indeed, this difference following a lack of official recognition itself further supports our «finding&raDeputy Prime Ministers were named, leaving it to the deputy leader of the party or leader of the House of Commons to claim the role - perhaps, indeed, this difference following a lack of official recognition itself further supports our «finding&radeputy leader of the party or leader of the House of Commons to claim the role - perhaps, indeed, this difference following a lack of official recognition itself further supports our «finding»!)

This followed the successful intervention and negotiations between the leaders of the union and officials of Abia State Government led by the Deputy Governor, Rt Hon. Sir Ude Oko Chukwu.

Following the general election of 2010, the Liberal Democrats formed a coalition government with the Conservatives, resulting in party leader Nick Clegg becoming the Deputy Prime minister and many other members becoming ministers.

«It sounds like what we're headed towards is a glorified extender which keeps the government running, but takes all the major issues out of it,» said Sen. Mike Gianaris, a Queens Democrat who is the deputy leader in the chamber, in a Capital Tonight interview.

This would certainly have had an influence on him becoming deputy prime minister, which had never happened previously in this country to the leader of the smaller party in a coalition government.

Nevertheless, Lib Dem deputy leader Simon Hughes — the most senior member of the party who is not formally a member of the government — has now himself admitted having texted Ed Miliband.

As deputy leader, I will make sure that Labour remains a vehicle of hope for the millions of people being failed by this government.

[281] Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Democrats political party, made it clear that the government's planned cuts to police budgets will go ahead.

First of all I chaired our backbench committee on Political and Constitutional Reform, where I must admit I felt a complete outsider — not unreasonably when the lead Government spokesman on political and constitutional reform was the Leader of my Party and Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg.

First, it was a curious spectacle for Clegg, the leader of a party in government and the deputy prime minister, to take on the leader of an opposing party with no MPs.

During First Minister's Questions this afternoon, Kirsty Williams, leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, called on the Welsh Labour Government to consider introducing free school meals for all year one and year two primary pupils as has been announced in England by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg.

[247] As leader of the main party both in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic, he supported the new government led by his former Minister of Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni, also a Democrat.

Nevertheless, Bloomberg has pressed ahead with a coalition against illegal guns that he launched several years ago, started an immigration reform coalition of mayors and business leaders, including Rupert Murdoch, and brought on three deputy mayors with either national political or government experience — Howard Wolfson, Robert Steel and former Indianapolis Mayor Stephen Goldsmith.

The Neath MP resigned from government to «clear his name» after the Electoral Commission asked the Metropolitan police to investigate his failure to declare # 103,000 in donations to his failed campaign to become deputy leader of the Labour party.

Prime minister: David Cameron Deputy prime minister: Nick Clegg (LD) First secretary of state and foreign secretary: William Hague Chancellor of the exchequer: George Osborne Home secretary: Theresa May Defence secretary: Philip Hammond Business secretary: Vince Cable (LD) Work and pensions secretary: Iain Duncan Smith Energy and climate change secretary: Ed Davey (LD) Education secretary: Michael Gove Communities and local government secretary: Eric Pickles Scotland secretary: Michael Moore (LD) Chief secretary to the Treasury: Danny Alexander (LD) Leader of the House of Lords: Lord Strathclyde Attorney general: Dominic Grieve

«It is a tragedy that our own leaders in government have yet to issue a clear, firm censure of the Israeli action,» said Dr Daud Abdullah, the deputy secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain.

The fears were, however, assuaged at the meeting, which was attended by the representatives of the state government; the Chairman, Oyo State Market Advisory Council, Alhaji Dauda Oladapo; his deputy, Mrs. Abake Lawal; and other markets leaders.

Deputy Minority Leader, James Avedzi, has mocked President Nana Addo's appointment of over 100 Ministers to steer the affairs of his government, saying he may as well appoint Ministers specifically for Whatsapp and Twitter if need be.

He has a wealth of experience in parliament, but apart from a short stint as deputy leader of the House of Commons, he is not closely associated with the coalition government.

The minority in a statement signed by its Deputy Leader, James Afedzi, said the contradictions were an indication of confusion within the government hence its call to President Akufo - Addo to expatiate further.

Prime Minister: David Cameron Deputy PM & First Secretary of State: William Hague Chancellor of the Exchequer: George Osborne Leader of the Commons: Ken Clarke Home Secretary: David Davis Foreign Secretary: Sir Malcolm Rifkind Business & Employment Secretary: John Redwood Communities & Social Justice Secretary: Iain Duncan Smith Cabinet Office Minister: Francis Maude Defence Secretary: Dr Liam Fox Environment and Energy Secretary: Oliver Letwin Leader of the Lords: Lord Strathclyde Nations Secretary: Lord Trimble Education Secretary: Michael Gove Health Secretary: Chris Grayling Women & Equalities Secretary: Theresa May Pensions & Welfare Reform Secretary: David Willetts Trade & International Development Secretary: Alan Duncan Justice Secretary & Lord Chancellor: Dominic Greive Transport Secretary: Damian Green Farming, Food & Rural Affairs Secretary: Nick Herbert Housing & Local Government Secretary: Philip Hammond Culture Secretary: Julie Kirkbride

He rose to be deputy leader of the opposition in the Lords (1992 - 97), before becoming deputy government chief whip (1997 - 2003).

The Labour leader visited Essex, regarded as the political cradle of Thatcherism, on Tuesday before a trip to the county by David Cameron and the deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, billed as an attempt to relaunch the government after difficult local elections.

In the interim, the federal government has set up an advisory board of business and education leaders — including American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten, SUNY chancellor Nancy Zimpher and Stan Litow, an IBM executive and former deputy chancellor of New York City schools — assigned to look at current community college funding programs and formulate the best strategies for the national program.

Her lead role on the health portfolio will be taken over by Lord Hunt, a former minister in several departments under the previous Labour government, now shadow deputy leader of the upper house and Labour's spokesman on Lords reform.

The deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats has developed a reputation for defending the interests of the Lib Dem membership as the party leadership works with the Tories in government.

Majority leader, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu on his part said the argument by the minority defeats same action undertaken by former President Mahama's government in respect of the appointment of a Deputy Local Government Minister, government in respect of the appointment of a Deputy Local Government Minister, Government Minister, Oti Bless.

Am sure some people get the story of ogun APC wrong, the issue is not between Osoba and Amosun rather Amosun with other Apc stalwarts, started from his deputy, all the senators, all the reps, most of party leaders, mejority of assembly members in ogun state even some of the grass root members that worked for amosun's victory in 2011, despite all Osoba intervention with some traditional ruler, Amosun believe he can do it alone, so am sure Osoba left with no option than to stay with mejority followers and path away with Amosun, especially when Amosun always says that he need no politician with him, even went to an extent of attacking ogun central senator with thugs and attempted to kill him.Also,short - changed Osoba's people in last APC congress in the state.But, after the result in Ekiti, he started realizing that he need them only for his 2015 victory but not in his government or in the party..

The Deputy Minority Leader also downplayed the significance of abolishing import duty taxes on spare parts, as he explained that government had relinquished the stake it had it their trade.

Government is undermining the authority of local government and efforts at decentralisation by scrapping tolls paid by head potters also known as «Kayayei», the Deputy Minority Leader, James Avedzi has Government is undermining the authority of local government and efforts at decentralisation by scrapping tolls paid by head potters also known as «Kayayei», the Deputy Minority Leader, James Avedzi has government and efforts at decentralisation by scrapping tolls paid by head potters also known as «Kayayei», the Deputy Minority Leader, James Avedzi has intimated.

Now 42, Dutton contested his first election as a 19 year - old, running against state Labor Deputy Leader Tom Burns in his safe seat of Lytton at the 1989 election that brought the Goss government to office.

That is why he made Beveridge founder, Alistair Carmichael, deputy chief whip in the new government (as Callaghan had made the lefty rebel, Michael Foot, leader of the House in 1976).

Liberal Democrat leader and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has said his party's coalition with the Conservatives leads the way for a «new kind of government».

I hope that the Deputy Leader of the House will say that even the gelded Liberals would not stand for the Government's trying to elect a Back - Bench committee's chairman.»

The Liberal Democrats are in Bournemouth for their annual party conference and it seems a lifetime ago that they were part of a coalition government running the UK, with their then leader Nick Clegg ensconced as deputy prime minister.

Despite the reserved surroundings of Sheffield Cathedral, this was a tub - thumping, socialist send - off for a former deputy council leader with 20 years local government service under his belt and a passionate trade unionist.

The Governor spoke at the Government House in a solemn session attended by several leaders in the State, including the Deputy Senate President, Chief Ike Ekweremadu, other senators and members of the House of Representatives from the State, the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Hon. Edward Ubosi, former information minister, Chief Nnia Nwodo, among others.

In 1971 pro-Market figures such as Roy Jenkins, the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, said a Labour government would have agreed to the terms of accession secured by the Conservatives.

But in a sign that Lib Dem MPs are reluctant to step into government posts on the eve of the general election, Clegg has asked deputy leader of the Commons Tom Brake to double up to fill the other vacancy in the whips» office.

But George Lyon, the Scottish Liberal Democrat Election chairman, said: «It's a sad day in politics when the deputy leader of the Opposition resorts to attacking Government Ministers about the colour of their hair.

He was leader of the Liberal Democrats between 2007 and 2015, deputy prime minister in David Cameron's coalition government and MP for Sheffield Hallam for 12 years, before losing his seat to Labour in the last election.

Leaving aside the inconvenient fact that even an illegal war isn't necessarily a crime, are we to suppose that Mr Corbyn will now be demanding that Labour's deputy leader, Tom Watson, shadow foreign secretary, Hilary Benn, and shadow justice secretary, Charles Falconer, be added to the fantasy indictment for having supported and voted for the invasion, two (Benn and Falconer) as members of the government at the time?

The former deputy prime minister said he wasn't keen on the Labour leader's «Hell, yes, I'm tough» boast and said the party had paid the price for failing to defend the economic record of the last Labour government in the last parliament.

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